List of useful books
VINCYP
The Visual Impairment Network for Children and Young People, managed by NHS National Services Scotland, started in April 2014 with the aim to improve the care for children and young people with visual impairments.
RNIB Scotland
www.rnib.org.uk/scotland and RNIB www.rnib.org.uk
The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) is a charity offering information, support and advice to people with sight loss. They can provide advice and practical guidance on living with sight loss.
Blind Children UK
(Formerly National Blind Children’s Society) Blind Children UK is the leading charity for the 40,000 children and young people in Great Britain with a vision impairment. This charity assists children and their families to tackle the challenges of sight loss and to live as independently as possible.
Visibility
Visibility provides services such as information, training and support for anyone living with sight loss. They organise a variety of age-appropriate social and sporting activities to bring young people together in a supported and stimulating environment including baby and toddler groups, mobility training and family days.
Scottish Sensory Centre
The Scottish Sensory Centre promotes and supports new developments and effective practices in the education of children and young people with sensory impairments, i.e. visual impairment, deaf and deafblind. It provides CPD short courses, hosts conferences, shares research and provides a postal resource library. It also disseminates reports, research, course materials and new developments via this website, publications and presentations.
The SSC works collaboratively with education authorities, schools and groups of teachers, voluntary organisations, parents’ groups and young people themselves.
Call Scotland
Provides specialist expertise in technology for children who have speech, communication and / or writing difficulties, in schools across Scotland. Provides links to strategies for using iPads to encourage communication and development.
